Allied Front on German Reparations Seen by Brussels
Paris and Brussels informants report a solid four power front among France Belgium Great Britain and Italy on German reparations with talks pointing to possible British input while keeping cessation of passive resistance as an inflexible condition France and Belgium aim for a united stance on Ruhr policy and a possible new allied reply to German proposals.
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Brussels
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
Ruhr
Poincare
Theunia
Jasper
Stanley Baldwin
Saide
Germany
M. Poincare
Rench
Baldwin
M. Theunis
M. Jasper
M. Jaspar
Paris
M. de Lasteyrie
London
Times
Berlin
Wiedfeldt
Washington
New York
Air circus dummy victim shocks Shrine visitors at Bolling Field
Washington June 6 Thousands of Shrine visitors watched a fake air show thrill ride turn grim when a dummy figure fell from an airplane. Parachute failed to deploy and rescue rushed to the wreckage finding only clothing disarray on the dummy tossed overboard by a pilot known for practical jokes.
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Washington
Bolling Field
Lewis attacks U S taxation at music merchants meet
James Hamilton Lewis told the National Association of Music Merchants that the United States taxes successful enterprises to bankruptcy and urged ending taxation for tyranny. He called for economical government and restoring standards of the founders. Robert M. Watkin of Dallas was elected association president with W. C. Hamilton of Pittsburgh as first vice president.
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United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Illinois
Asmoe of Music Merchants
Robert M. Watkin
Dallas
Texas
Association
W. C. Hamilton
Pittsburg
Infant dies from rat bite infection in Parkersburg
Wallace Eugene Carter, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Udley Carter of 209 12 Ann street, Parkersburg, died at City Hospital after developing blood poisoning from a rat bite to the hand three weeks earlier. The child slept in bed when the attack occurred and the mother awoke to the rat leaping from the bed.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wallace Eugene Carnter
Udley Carpenter
Ann Street
City Hospital
Six Die and Many Wounded in Leipzig Demonstration
London reports six persons killed and more than twenty three wounded as socialist and union demonstrators clash with police in Leipzig over the cost of living. Police fired on the crowd and the fleeing protesters plundered food shops amid the unrest.
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London
Ander
Leipzig
Times
Berlin
Army Service Blimp Destroyed by Fire in Dayton
The United States Army dirigible TC 1 was destroyed by fire at Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, during a severe electrical storm. It had arrived from Scott Field, Illinois on a test flight. crew of ten left before the blaze. Goodyear representatives Harry Barnes and A. Maranville were injured after leaping forty feet to the ground when the airship caught fire while moored to a steel tower.
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Dayton, O
United States Army Service
Dayton
Clyde Kuntz
Lieut Kuntz
Daughter of Famous Author Is Engaged
New York report announces the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Cobb, daughter of Irving S. Cobb, author, to Frank Milcher Chapman Jr. of Englewood New Jersey. Chapman is the son of Dr. Frank M. Chapman, curator of the ornithology department at the Museum of Natural History.
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New York
Elizabeth Cobb
Irving S. Cobb
Frank Milcher Chapman, Jr
Englewood, N. J
Chapman
Frank M. Chapman
Shriners Name 1924 Convention City and Honor Dykeman
Shriners in Washington selected Kansas City as the 1924 convention city. Conrad W. Dykeman of Brooklyn was elevated to imperial potentate, succeeding James McCandless. Clifford Ireland of Peoria was elected imperial outer guard, with other divan members advancing one rank. The parade and gifts followed, with President and Mrs. Harding in attendance. Two accidents caused injuries, one fatality near the Garden of Allah.
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Washington
Shriners
Kansas City
Imperial Outer Guard
Imperial Potentate Dykeman
James E. Chandler
Imperial
James C. Burger
Denver
Rabban
David W. Crosland
Montgomery
Ala
Clarence M. Dunbar
Providence
R. I
Frank C. Jones
Dallas
Frederick W. Keator
Tacoma
Arthur W. Chapman
Winnipeg
Shriners Hospitals
Harrding
Harding
California
Islam Temple of
San Francisco
Wilson
Greenville
S. C
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Service
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Quantito
Southern Rowing Association
Potomac
Amateur Athletic Union
Marine
Washington Monument
Belleau Wood Memorial Association
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Washington Circle
Garden of Allah
White House
Riverside
Republican Eighth Iowa Reduced Majority in Special Election
Washington reports Chairman Hull of the Democratic national committee said the Republican eighth district of Iowa returned a slim 1000 vote majority in a district usually yielding between 8600 and 9000 for the GOP. He notes this undercuts claims of Harding popularity and tariff benefits for farmers in the west.
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Washington
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Eighth
Iowa
Harding
West
Congress
Two Men Die In Fireworks Plant Explosion In Cardington
Cardington Ohio June 6 two men were killed when explosives mixed by workers detonated destroying the one story United States Hardware Co plant manufacturers of fireworks The dead are Pearl Akron and B N Hartwell Three other men were in the building and survived The plant was new and to be opened next Monday with thirty workers.
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Cardington, O
United States Hardware Co
Pearl Akron
B. N. Hartwell
Girl Bandit Kills Insurance Agent in Chicago Robbery
Police pursue the female bandit who shot and killed Richard C. Tesmer during a robbery of him and his wife. A man, Irving Schlig, is held as a possible accomplice and a second suspect, Jessie Marie Morelock, is sought after being seen with a chauffeur. The State's Attorney says the death penalty will be sought if the woman is tried.
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Chicago
Richard CC. Tesmer
Irving Schlig
Tesmer
Schlig
Kidnapping and Wire Tapping Charged in Club Case
Indictments charging Edmund Leigh a private detective with kidnapping and wire tapping and Peter Lawson with wire tapping in connection with an alleged plot to deport August Probst an employee of the Rolling Rock Club near Pittsburgh were dismissed today. Probst had charged an attempt to kidnap and deport him after alleging he courted women relatives of prominent club members. Probst was later sent back to teens after a long legal battle.
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New York
Edmund Leigh
Peter Lawson
August Probst
Pittsburg
Leigh
Lawson
Probst
Te Een
No Indication When Captives Will Be Released
Washington reports the state department received a cablegram from Jacob Gould Schurman in Peking saying there is no definite indication of how long it will be before Americans and others held by Chinese bandits are released. The message notes harmony has been restored to the bandit camp and the captives are not suffering in health though their spirits are low.
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Washington
State Department
Jacob Gould Schurman
Peking
Schurman
Free Oil Industry From Tax Burden
Chicago June 6. A campaign to free the oil industry from discriminatory and oppressive taxation was outlined at a special meeting of directors and officers of the American Oilmen's Association. Refiners producers distributors jobbers and supply interests are members of the association.
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Chicago
American Oilmen's Association
Fascisti Member Sentenced for Forcing Priest to Drink Oil
In Perugia on June 6, Count Fabiani a Fascisti member was sentenced to ten months in prison for forcing the parish priest of Gubbio to drink castor oil after the priest adopted an anti Fascist stance.
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Perugia
Italy
Fabiani
Fascisti
Gubbio
Chinese cabinet resigns in Beijing today
The Chinese cabinet announced its resignation in Peking today, marking a major political shift as the government steps down en masse. Officials offered no further details on next steps or formation of a new administration.
Wheeling Man Elected President Of West Virginia Council
J Scott of Wheeling was elected president of the West Virginia Sunday School Council of Religious Education at the council’s biennial session. The organization, formerly the West Virginia Sunday School Association, adopts a broader Christian education mission across the state.
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Wheeling
J. Scott
Wheeling Grand Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Sunday School Council of Religious Education
West Virginia Sunday School Association
International Council
Kansas City
West Virginia
Fairmont
Grafton
Bridgeport
Montgomery
Romney
Sharp instructions to authorities at Shelby
Helena Montana June 6 If Shelby authorities fail to enforce the law there shall be no match between Dempsey and Gibbons on July 4 The attorney general L D Rankin issued sharp instructions warning Shelby to prevent a public nuisance or the state will stop the heavyweight title bout plans.
Bankrupt Brokerage Probe Gained Impetus
In New York on June 6 the investigation of bankrupt stock brokerage houses gained momentum as W. S. Silkworth reportedly planned to resign as president of the Consolidated Stock Exchange. District Attorney Banton assigned four assistants to probe Jones & Baker, a major curb broker recently driven into bankruptcy amid customer complaints about account handling.
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New York
Mpetus
W.S. Silkworth
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Banton
Jones & Baker
World War Veteran Sentenced to Penitentiary
Louis R DeRoode, a U S Marine captain and WWI veteran, convicted of stealing 520,000 from local investment houses by false representations, was sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary after pleading insanity at trial. He was arrested in a Riverside Drive apartment in New York while disguised as an old man.
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Baltimore
Louis R DeRoode
State Penitentiary
DeRoode
Riverside Drive
New York
Press and Corning Mills Destroyed by Blast
Lowellville Ohio June 6 The Gras selli Powder Company plant hit by lightning suffered a terrific explosion destroying the press and corning mills. Windows in nearby powder company houses shattered and about six people were injured by flying glass. The storm was severe and workers fled before the blast. The manager declined to estimate the damage.
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Lowellville
Grasselli Powder Company
Powder Company
Heat Wave Persists Despite Minor Cooling Forecast
Washington reports lower temperatures expected for the middle Atlantic states tonight but little relief elsewhere east of the Mississippi. Forecasters anticipate continued hot conditions with scattered thundershowers across other regions.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Sheriff with warrant on King Purnell raid Shiloh Colony
In St Joseph Michigan on June 6 authorities led by Ber rien county sheriff Georges C Bridgeman and about a dozen deputies raided the House of David colony at Shiloh seeking fugitive cult leader King Benjamin Purnell. He was not located at Shiloh or other colony buildings.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
George C. Bridgeman
Berrien County
Shiloh
Purnell
House of David
Walton shifts course on Oklahoma farm labor movement
Oklahoma City June 6 Governor J C Walton moved to disband the Farmer Labor Reconstruction League he rode to office and scheduled a June 18 conference with farm and union leaders to form a broader farm labor slate. The Egbert group, long allied to him, was excluded and faced criticism for appointments including A M College president George Wilson amid protests across the state.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League of
Oklahoma
Farm-Labor Movement
Farmer-Labor
Reconstruction League
Walton
Egbert
A. and M. College
George Wilson
League
Wilson
Fourteen Rescued After Ferry Barge Collision In Baltimore
Fourteen men were rescued after the Clyde Liner Norfolk collided with a barge and tug near Locust Point. Four were aboard the tug and ten on the barge which had replaced the Broadway Locust Point ferry Samuel W. Smith. The barge and tug sank moments after the crash, and rescuers pulled all men from the water. The Norfolk continued toward Norfolk and New York.
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Baltimore
Norfolk
Solleltor
Locust Point
Broadway
Samuel W. Smith
Clyde
New York
Effort to Double Consumption of Milk
Frank C. Lowden urged an advertising campaign to double milk consumption at the Holstein-Friesian Association of America annual convention. He praised milk for value and urged promotional efforts. Officers including Lowden were re elected and Richmond Virginia was picked for next year’s meeting.
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Cleveland
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Richmond
Ten hurt as taxi collides with truck near Byesville
Ten passengers in a Cambridge taxi were injured when the taxicab collided with a delivery truck near Byesville. The taxi driver tried to pass another car and struck the truck.
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Cambridge, O
Cambridge-Pleasant City
Byesville
Legislature Debates Zimmerman Resolution on Appropriations
West Virginia house spends hours on the Zimmerman resolution tied to Democratic appropriations. A Supreme Court mandamus case involving Frances Key prompts debate on clerk salaries and budgetary authority. The house signals support for a capitol plan but rejects Cass Gilbert and the capitol commission.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Frances P. Key
Secretary of State
Bond
Iris
Miss Key
Zimmerman
F. Guy Ash
Morgantown
Ash
Capitol
Cass Gilbert
Capitol Commission
Eee
Terefer
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Oix
Wth
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Mystic Shriners
Conrad Dykeman
Brooklyn
Clifford Ireland
Temple
Dykeman
Killa
West Virginia Council of Religious Education
W. Halpenny
Violet Johnson
W. Hubert Hill
Cmon
Byrd Prillerman
Shelby
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